“They’re dogs,” one fan said. “They got women all around them and that’s what they go out and do. I expect it of athletes.”

“He’s going to need to do something if he’s not going to play baseball so why not go get a date?” another fan said. “And if you’re going to use the Yankees ball boy, hey, that’s using resources that you already have.”

The Yankees would go on to lose Game 1, 6-4. Worse, they lost Jeter for the season with a broken ankle.